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Fr. Dhya Aziz ofm was born at Mosul, the ancient Niniveh, in Iraq, on 10 January
1974. After some studies at the Medical Institute of his city, he embraced
religious life and after the novitiate at Ain Karem he made his first profession of
the religious vows on 1 April 2002. In 2003 he transferred to Egypt, where he
remained for many years. In 2010 he came back into the Custody and was sent
to Amman. Subsequently he was transferred to Syria, at Lattakia. He then
rendered himself voluntarily willing to assist the community of Yacoubieh, in the
region of the Orontes (province of Idlib, district of Jisr al-Chougour), which has
become particularly dangerous since it fell under the control of Jahbar al-Nusra.